Lakshmanane Premkumar

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Lakshmanane Premkumar is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Lakshmanane Premkumar has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Infectious Diseases, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Lakshmanane Premkumar's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (15 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (15 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). Lakshmanane Premkumar is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (15 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (15 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). Lakshmanane Premkumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Israel. Lakshmanane Premkumar's co-authors include Aravinda M. de Silva, Ramesh Jadi, Daniela Weiskopf, April Frazier, Alessandro Sette, Alba Grifoni, Jennifer M. Dan, José Mateus, Carolyn Rydyznski Moderbacher and Aaron F. Carlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lakshmanane Premkumar

47 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Targets of T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in Humans with COVID-19 Disease and Unexposed Individuals

2020 2.2k citations Alba Grifoni, Daniela Weiskopf et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lakshmanane Premkumar United States	19	2.2k	881	626	538	258	51	3.2k
Wan Ni Chia Singapore	19	3.1k 1.4×	861 1.0×	649 1.0×	466 0.9×	377 1.5×	43	4.1k
Zanxian Xia China	25	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	628 1.0×	309 0.6×	130 0.5×	58	3.7k
Craig Fett United States	15	2.2k 1.0×	507 0.6×	597 1.0×	417 0.8×	142 0.6×	21	3.0k
Zhaohui Qian China	18	3.5k 1.6×	913 1.0×	450 0.7×	479 0.9×	260 1.0×	58	4.7k
Sarah R. Leist United States	21	2.9k 1.3×	549 0.6×	583 0.9×	723 1.3×	112 0.4×	49	3.7k
Ashley A. Auerbach United States	6	4.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.4×	469 0.7×	639 1.2×	124 0.5×	8	4.9k
Shuai Xia China	25	3.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	520 0.8×	408 0.8×	154 0.6×	61	4.6k
Gengfu Xiao China	29	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	369 0.6×	291 0.5×	123 0.5×	80	4.0k
Tristan X. Jordan United States	12	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	916 1.5×	818 1.5×	87 0.3×	17	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lakshmanane Premkumar

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Mollan, Katie R., Jessica Keys, Ronald Swanstrom, et al.. (2025). Research protocol design and implementation of a hybrid no-touch and low-touch prospective observational study during the COVID-19 public health emergency: the VISION study. BMJ Public Health. 3(2). e002796–e002796.

Côrtes, Fernanda Heloise, Rosa Isela Gálvez, Elizabeth J. Phillips, et al.. (2025). Identification of immunogenic and cross-reactive chikungunya virus epitopes for CD4+ T cells in chronic chikungunya disease. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5756–5756.

Chang, James, Fernanda Heloise Côrtes, Rosa Isela Gálvez, et al.. (2025). Chikungunya virus-specific CD4+ T cells are associated with chronic chikungunya viral arthritic disease in humans. Cell Reports Medicine. 6(5). 102134–102134. 4 indexed citations

Mallory, Michael L., Jennifer E. Munt, Tara M. Narowski, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 point-of-care tests can identify low-antibody individuals: In-depth immunoanalysis of boosting benefits in a healthy cohort. Science Advances. 10(24). eadi1379–eadi1379.

Espinoza, Daniel, Kaitlyn Cross, Sylvia Becker‐Dreps, et al.. (2023). Antibody Immunity to Zika Virus among Young Children in a Flavivirus-Endemic Area in Nicaragua. Viruses. 15(3). 796–796. 2 indexed citations

Lucier, Jean‐François, Samuel Lemaire‐Paquette, Lakshmanane Premkumar, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen-specific B cell and antibody responses in pre-vaccination period COVID-19 convalescent males and females with or without post-covid condition. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 4 indexed citations

Shu, Bo, Thiam‐Seng Ng, Bruno Segovia-Chumbez, et al.. (2023). Structure and neutralization mechanism of a human antibody targeting a complex Epitope on Zika virus. PLoS Pathogens. 19(1). e1010814–e1010814. 4 indexed citations

Diepstra, Karen, Brooke W. Bullington, Lakshmanane Premkumar, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence: Demographic and Behavioral Factors Associated With Seropositivity Among College Students in a University Setting. Journal of Adolescent Health. 71(5). 559–569. 3 indexed citations

Narowski, Tara M., Lily E. Adams, Nadja A. Vielot, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine induces robust specific and cross-reactive IgG and unequal neutralizing antibodies in naive and previously infected people. Cell Reports. 38(5). 110336–110336. 32 indexed citations

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Pettifor, Audrey, Bethany L. DiPrete, Bonnie E. Shook‐Sa, et al.. (2022). A prospective study of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among individuals involved in academic research under limited operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0267353–e0267353. 2 indexed citations

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Kudlacek, Stephan T., Stefan Metz, Thanh T.N. Phan, et al.. (2021). Designed, highly expressing, thermostable dengue virus 2 envelope protein dimers elicit quaternary epitope antibodies. Science Advances. 7(42). eabg4084–eabg4084. 28 indexed citations

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Walden, Patricia, Andrew E. Whitten, Lakshmanane Premkumar, et al.. (2019). The atypical thiol–disulfide exchange protein α-DsbA2 from Wolbachia pipientis is a homotrimeric disulfide isomerase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 75(3). 283–295. 4 indexed citations

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Kurth, Fabian, et al.. (2014). Crystal Structure of the Dithiol Oxidase DsbA Enzyme from Proteus Mirabilis Bound Non-covalently to an Active Site Peptide Ligand. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(28). 19810–19822. 15 indexed citations

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McMahon, Róisín M., Lakshmanane Premkumar, & Jennifer L. Martin. (2014). Four structural subclasses of the antivirulence drug target disulfide oxidoreductase DsbA provide a platform for design of subclass-specific inhibitors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1844(8). 1391–1401. 37 indexed citations

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Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Fabian Kurth, Gordon J. King, et al.. (2014). Structure of the Acinetobacter baumannii Dithiol Oxidase DsbA Bound to Elongation Factor EF-Tu Reveals a Novel Protein Interaction Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(29). 19869–19880. 13 indexed citations

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Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Begoña Heras, Patricia Walden, et al.. (2013). Rv2969c, essential for optimal growth inMycobacterium tuberculosis, is a DsbA-like enzyme that interacts with VKOR-derived peptides and has atypical features of DsbA-like disulfide oxidases. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 69(10). 1981–1994. 30 indexed citations

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Premkumar, Lakshmanane, et al.. (2011). Identification of an artificial peptide motif that binds and stabilizes reduced human DJ-1. Journal of Structural Biology. 176(3). 414–418. 11 indexed citations

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Bolze, Alexandre, Minji Byun, David McDonald, et al.. (2010). Whole-Exome-Sequencing-Based Discovery of Human FADD Deficiency. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 87(6). 873–881. 118 indexed citations

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Bageshwar, Umesh K., Lakshmanane Premkumar, Irena Gokhman, et al.. (2004). Natural protein engineering: a uniquely salt-tolerant, but not halophilic, -type carbonic anhydrase from algae proliferating in low- to hyper-saline environments. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 17(2). 191–200. 25 indexed citations

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Premkumar, Lakshmanane, Harry M. Greenblatt, Umesh K. Bageshwar, et al.. (2003). Identification, cDNA cloning, expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an exceptionally halotolerant carbonic anhydrase fromDunaliella salina. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(6). 1084–1086. 6 indexed citations

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